palpus

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The labium in Japyx is four-lobed and bears a small two-jointed palpus.

From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)

Palpifer: any palpus-bearing part: specifically, a small sclerite hearing the maxillary palpus and itself articulated to the stipes.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

It may be distinguished by the fact that the middle joint of each palpus is of uniform size from end to end instead of tapering toward its outer end.

From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Weed, Clarence M.

The mouth-parts in this genus are much as in Tomocerus, the maxillæ ending in a lacinia and palpus.

From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)

The palpus, too, on this side was turned back to correspond to the direction of the legs nearest it.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Ellis, Havelock